There may be more snow on the way, but summer will be here sooner than we think. Plans for summer camps are already being made and the Lipscomb University volleyball team is no exception with four camps scheduled.

The Lipscomb volleyball team’s NCAA Tournament road ended at Memorial Coliseum Friday night in the first round as it fell 3-0 to Ohio State. It was the fifth postseason trip for the Lady Bisons and the fifth time they have failed to advance past the first round.

Familiarity bred comfort for the Lipscomb volleyball players Thursday as they went through a workout at Memorial Coliseum on the campus of the University of Kentucky in preparation for the NCAA Tournament. Friday at 4 p.m. CT the Bisons, 21-8, will face Ohio State, 21-11, in the first round.

The Lipscomb volleyball team is preparing for the NCAA Tournament and hoping its fifth trip will be the one where it advances to the second round for the first time in program history. After a two-year absence the Bisons return to the NCAA Tournament facing Ohio State.

The five seniors on the Lipscomb volleyball team are back where they began their college careers - in the NCAA Tournament. Jewell Dobson, Lauren Ford, Sophie Kellerman, Jordan Huston and Megan Stout all were members of the 2011 team that went to Texas A&M for the NCAA tournament.

Lipscomb volleyball became the first A-Sun team in league history to earn an at-large berth into the NCAA tournament when the field of 64 was announced on Sunday night. The Purple and Gold take on Ohio State at 4 p.m. in Lexington, Kentucky.